Dr Pablo Clavel

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Citizenship:    Spanish

Sex:    Male

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1995-2000Neurosurgical residency in Hospital of Sant Pau, Barcelona

2000     Neurosurgeon at Hospital of Sant Pau

2001     Neurosurgeon at Hosptial of germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona

2002     Neurosurgeon at Hospital Mutua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona

2002      Neurosurgeon at Hospital of Sant Pau

2000      Neurosurgeon at Hospital Quiron. Barcelona.

EDUCATION

High school graduate from Briarcliff High School, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986
Medical internship for one month each yr. at the Department of Neurosurgery. University of Oklahoma, 1990-1991
Medical internship for one month in Cardiothoracic surgey. University of California. San Diego, 1991
Medical internship for one month in Orthopedic sugery in the University of Padova. Italy, 1991

M.D., Central University of Barcelona medical school (UB), Barcelona, Spain, 1987 - 1993

USMLE (United States Medical Licensure Examintation) qualification 1993

One year of training in family medicine in Mallorca, Spain, 1994

Surgical internship for six weeks in neurosurgery Columbia Presbiterian Neurosurgical Department, 1996

Neurosurgical residency program in Hospital of Sant Pau, Barcelona, 1995-2000

Achivement of neurosurgical specialization, 2000

Written exam from the european association of neurosurgical societies (EANS). Oral exam to be taken, 2005
Doctorate Program and PhD (unfinished). Anatomy Department, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain. "Microanatomical study of the temporal bone. Retrosigmoid approach to the fundus of the internal auditory canal".2000 - Present

Chief of the Medical Advisory Department at Neosurgery S.L. (www.neosurgery.com), an innovation and technology-based company dedicated to the research and devolpement of implantable medical devices fro neurosurgical applications, 2005 - present

FIENS Volunteer (Foundation for international education in Neurological Surgery, www.fiens.org ) in Neurosurgical department of Black Lion Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July-august 2007. 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research experience in neurophysiology for three months in Emory University, Atlanta, GA. 1989
Research activities in the microsurgery anatomy laboratory at the University of Florida for one month, Dr. A. Rhoton jr.  1999
Microanatomical study fo the temporal bone. Retrosigmoid approach to the fundus of the internal auditory canal. In collaboration with the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona. Anatomy Department. From 2000 to present.
Principal investigator in EU grant "Custom-IMD (implantable medical devices)". Involved in new custom made spine arthroplasty design. Started february 2007 (through 2011)


COURSES
           
II y III Curso de Neurooncologia. Hospital de la Vall d`Hebron Barcelona. 95-96 y 96-97.
II y III Curso de patologia neurovascular. Hospital de la Vall d`Hebron. Barcelona. 95-96 y 96-97.
IV Curso de Monitorizacion de la Presion Intracraneal. Barcelona. Mayo 1997.
Curso sobre Patologia de la Columna Cervical. Barcelona Octubre de 1999.
Jornada sobre la sustitucion protesica de un disco intervertebral. Hospital de Sant Pau. Noviembre de 1999.
Formacion continuada para el personal facultativo: Analisis de casos clinicos (80h). Servicio de Neurocirugia del Hospital de Sant Pau. Barcelona. Marzo del 2000.
Minimal invasive approaches in lumbar spine surgery. 1-3 Diciembre 2000. Hospital de la Ribera. Alzira, Valencia.
"Advanced techniques in image guided surgery". Medtronic. Laussanne, Suiza. Junio 2002.
Curso sobre Cifoplastia vertebral. "The baloon Kyphoplasty surgeon training program". Leiden. Holanda. Enero 2003.
Curso sobre Neuroendoscopia. "Basic Neuroendoscopy". Prof. A. Pernezcky. Tuttlingen. Alemania. Marzo 2003.
Skull base hands-on workshop University of Sant Louis. Prof. Al-Mefty. April 2003.
Asistente a International workshop de anatomical dissections for use in temporal en insula lobe surgery. Alzira, Valencia, Spain. Octubre de 2004.
III symposium about controversies and updates in diagnosis and treatment of hydorcephalus. Valld`Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Curso de microcirugia y anastomosis vascular de Hospital de Viena. Octubre de 2004.
Participante en el Eans training the trainers course in Prague. February 2005.
Workshop de cirugia endoscopica de hipofisis. Bologna, Italia, Marzo de 2005.
Tecnologias dinamicas de columna. Hotel St. Moritz, Barcelona. Abril de 2005.
Complex lumbar spine surgery. University of  Sant Louis, EEUU, noviembre 2005.
Skull Base Hands-on Workshop. Preauricular approaches: cavernous sinus, subtemporal, infratemporal, clivus. Neurosurgery Department, "Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau", Barcelona, Spain. March 2005, 2006 and 2007. Participant as faculty.
"Ley-Tolosa" Lecture. Catalan Society of Neurosurgery. Antonio Bernardo and Atul Goel lectures on Skull Base Surgery. September 2006.
Minimal invasive techniques in spinal surgery at Dr. Yeung`s clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. March 2007.
Spine Arthorplasty Society`s seventh annual global symposium on motion preservation technology. Berlin, Germany May 1-4, 2007
Chairperson in "free papers" sesion of the 5th international conference on vestibular schwannoma and other CPA lesions. Barcelona, june 5th-9th.
International workshop on Advanced Transnasal endoscopic skull base surgery, ENT adn Neurosurgical Team approach. July 5-6, 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
Seminari sobre metodologia docent i avaluativa. Institut de Estudis de la Salut 2007.
Participant in TOPS (total facet posterior arthroplasty) workshop in Vienna. July 23-24, 2007.
Faculty at the Cranial Base Surgery Course. Cornell University. December 2007.
Workshop for the Thesys endoscopic approach to herniated lumbar discs. Salzburg. November 2007.
Participant at the Trans1 training workshop. Zwolle, Holand. January 2008
Minimmally invasive spine course. Medtronic. Viena. February 2008
Faculty at the Trans1 training workshop. Barcelona, Spain. March 2008
Perpos and Percudyn surgical training workshop. Salzburg. April 2008
Member of the Trans1 International Advisory Board. Meeting in Viena. April 2008
Faculty at the Kyhoplasty Workshop. Barcelona, April 2008
Participant at the Medtronic workshop on Minimally Invasive Surgery for lumbar fusion. April 2008.
Participant at the SpineWeek Geneve. May 2008
Faculty for the percudyn and perpos systems at the Spanish Society 2008 meeting. Valencia. May 2008
   
   
ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Oral presentations:
HEMATOMAS INTRAPARENQUIMATOSOS. Clavel P., Pares P., Bartumeus F. Reunion de la Sociedad Catalana de Neurocirugia. Abril de 1996.
ESPONDILODISCITIS ESPONTANEA POR CANDIDA ALBICANS.(Poster) Clavel P; Pares P; Molet J; Oliver B; Tresserras P; Fernandez Villa JM; Pardo S; Mata PR; Bartumeus F. II REUNION DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE NEUROCIRUGIA. Barcelona. Mayo 1997.
MENINGIOMA DEL SENO CAVERNOSO. (Video) Clavel P; Tresserras P; Oliver B; Pardo S; Fernandez Villa JM; Molet J; Pares P; Mata PR; Bartumeus F. III CONGRESO DE LA SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE BASE DE CRANEO. Barcelona. Febrero 1998.
MANEIG DE LES METASTASIS I TUMORS PRIMARIS VERTEBRALS. Clavel P; Molet J; Pares P; Oliver B; Tresserras P; Mata PR; Pardo S; Ayats E; Bartumeus F. REUNION DE LA SOCIEDAD CATALANA DE NEUROCIRUGIA. Marzo 1998.
MENINGIOMAS DE BASE CRANEAL. CRITERIOS QUIRURGICOS Y EVOLUCION. Clavel P; Oliver B; Tresserras P;Molet J; Pares P; Pardo S; Mata PR; Bartumeus F. REUNION CONJUNTA DE LAS SOCIEDADES BRASILENA, ESPANOLA, ITALIANA Y PORTUGUESA DE NEUROCIRUGIA. Lisboa. Mayo 1998.
GANGLIOGLIOMAS INTRACRANEALES. CARACTERISTICAS, PRONOSTICO Y TRATAMIENTO. Clavel P., Oliver B., Pares P., Matias-Guiu X., Molet J., Tresserras P., Mata P., Pardo S., Ayats E., Arteaga J.M. y Bartumeus F. IV Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Burgos 5-8 Mayo 1999.
ESTUDIO RETROSPECTIVO DE 120 MENINGIOMAS DE LA BASE CRANEAL. Clavel P., Oliver B., Tresserras P., Mata P., Molet J., Pares P., Pardo S., Ayats E., Gil de Bernabe M. A., y Bartumeus F.. . IV Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Burgos 5-8 Mayo 1999.
SPECT EN LA HEMORRAGIA SUBARACNOIDEA. Clavel P., Oliver B., Tresserras P., Mata P., Molet J., Pares P., Ayats E., Arteaga J.M., Marruecos L., Martí J., Mari C., Catafau A. Y Bartumeus F. IV Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Burgos 5-8 Mayo 1999.
CORDOMA DE CLIVUS. ABORDAJES TRANSCONDILAR Y TRANSYUGULAR. Clavel P., Oliver B., Tresserras P., Mata P., Molet J., Pares P., Matias-Guiu X., Pardo S., Ayats E., Bartumeus F.. IV Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Burgos 5-8 Mayo 1999.
TRATAMIENTO MICROQUIRURGICO DE LAS MALFORMACIONES ARTERIOVENOSAS CEREBRALES. Clavel P., Bartumeus F., Oliver B., Molet J., Pares P., Tresserras P., Mata P.R., Ayats E., Arteaga JM., Gil de B. M.A., Matías X., Zamora A. V Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Bilbao 24-27 Mayo 2000.
ESTUDIO DEL EFECTO DE LA TECNICA DE NEUROESTIMULACION SOBRE EL DOLOR CENTRAL MEDIANTE SPECT CEREBRAL CON 99mTc-HMPAO. Clavel P., Molet J., Tembl A., Arteaga JM., Catafau A., Pares P., Oliver B., Tresserras P., Mata P.R., Ayats E., Bartumeus F. V Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Bilbao 24-27 Mayo 2000.
Analisis morfometrico de la cara posterior de penasco del hueso temporal. Clavel P., Reina F. Presentacion oral en el Simposium de Cirugia de Base de Craneo. Hospital de Sant Pau. Barcelona. Enero 2001.
Foraminotomia (uncinatectomia) anterior cervical MICROQUIRURGICA (a proposito de dos casos). Clavel P., Clavel M., Arteaga J. M., Ayats E., Pares P., Bartumeus F. Barcelona. Poster en Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Avila. Mayo 2001.
ANALISIS MORFOMETRICO DE LA CARA ENDOCRANEAL POSTERIOR DEL PENASCO DEL HUESO TEMPORAL. Clavel P., Reina F., Rodriguez Baeza A., Oliver B. Comunicacion en Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Base de Craneo. Salamanca. Marzo 2002.
MORPHOMETRIC ANALISIS OF THE POSTERO-SUPERIOR ASPECT OF THE PETROUS BONE. Clavel P., Reina F., Rodriguez-Baeza A., Oliver B., Bartumeus F., Comunicacion en Congreso Europeo de Base de Craneo. Terrassa-Barcelona, Marzo 2003.
anatomia QUIRURGICA en la cirugia HIPOFISARIA. Clavel P. Curs de Doctorat i Formacio Continuada en Neurocirurgia. Dates 10 i 11 d` Abril 2003. Lloc: Unitat Docent del Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Tema: Glandulas Intracraneales. Hipofisis y Epifisis. 30 credits.
LAMINOPLASTIA CERVICAL COLOCACION DE MALLAS DE MOSS. Clavel P, Arteaga JM, Bartumeus F, Molet J, Tresserras P, Pares P, Cano JP, De Teresa S, Solivera J. VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Alacant, Maig 2003.
MICROFORAMINOTOMIA CERVICAL ANTERIOR. Clavel P, Molet J, Bartumeus F, Tresserras P, Pares P, Arteaga JM, Cano P, DE Teresa S, Solivera J. VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Espanola de Neurocirugia. Alacant, Maig 2003.
ABORDAJE ANTERIOR TRANSUNCAL PARA LAS HERNIAS DE DISCO CERVICAL. Clavel P, Molet J, Bartumeus F, Clavel M. XIX Annual Meeting de la Cervical Spine Research Society.  European Section. Barcelona, Juny 2003.
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ENDOCRANIAL POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE TEMPORAL BONE`S PETROUS PART. Clavel P. Reina F. XXI Congress of the Spanish Society of Anatomy. Pamplona 18-20 Septiembre 2003. (publicacion en la revista de European Journal of Anatomy).
ANALISIS MORFOMETRICO DE LA CARA POSTERO-SUPERIOR (RETROSIGMOIDEA) DEL PENASCO DEL HUESO TEMPORAL. Clavel P. Forum 2003. Organitzat per l`Institut de Recerca Sant Pau. Barcelona, Octubre 2003.
Estudio retrospectivo de 88 pacientes acromegalicos tratados entre 1980 y 2005.Clavel P.1, Bartumeus F. 1, Sucunza N.2, Barahona M.J. 2, Webb S. 2, Oliver B. 1, Molet J. 1, Tresserras P. 1, Rodriguez R.1. Oral presentation. XI Spanish Society of Neurosurgery Congress. May 2006. Vigo, Spain.
Mediciones por TAC de la fosa posterior y de la cara retrosigmoidea del peñasco del hueso temporal. Implicaciones en cirugia.Clavel P. 1, Reina F. 3, de Juan M. 2 , Tresserras P.1, Rodriguez-Baeza A.3, Rodriguez R.1, Molet J.1, Bartumeus F1. . Oral presentation. XI Spanish Skull Base Society June 2006. San Sebastian, Spain.
SAFE DRILLING OF THE POSTERIOR WALL OF THE PETROUS APEX. ANATOMICAL STUDY AND SURGICAL APPLICATION. Clavel P. Reina F. De Juan M. 5th international conference on vestibular schwannoma and other CPA lesions. June 6th - 9th, 2007.
PETROUS APEX AND POSTERIOR FOSSA BONE CT MEASUREMENTS. IMPLICATIONS IN SURGERY.  Clavel P. 5th international conference on vestibular schwannoma and other CPA lesions. June 6th - 9th, 2007.
KYPHOPLASTY COMPLEX CASES. Clavel P. Winter Meeting of the Neurosurgical Catalan Society. Bakeira. February 2008.
PERCUDYN: A NEW MINIMALLY INVASIVE DYNAMIC STABILIZATION SYSTEM. Clavel P. et al. Spinal Disorders Section of the Spanish Neurosurgical Society. Vigo. March 2008.


PUBLICATIONS

1.Clavel Escribano M. y Clavel Laria P. Tratamiento quirurgico de la mielopatia cervical espondiloartrosica. Estudio preliminar. Neurocirugía 1993; 4:46-52.
2.Clavel Escribano M., Noboa R., Faus Riera, Carrasco Garcia M. y Clavel Laria P. Neurinomas gigantes intraespinales. Revista de Ortopedia y Traumatologia. Vol. 40. 258-262.
3.Clavel Escribano M., Clavel Laria P. Meningioma quistico del quiasma optico. Neurologia 1996 Oct, 11:8,310.
4.Clavel Escribano M. y Clavel Laria P. Espondilolistesis degenerativa lumbar. Resultados del tratamiento quirurgico. Neurocirugia 1995; 6: 196-200.
5.Clavel Escribano M., Clavel Laria P. Meningioma quistico del quiasma optico. Neurologia 1996 Oct, 11:8,310.
6.Clavel Escribano M. y Clavel Laria P.. Tratamiento quirurgico de la mielopatia cervical espondiloartrosica. Neurocirugia 1996; 4-10.
7.Clavel Escribano M. y Clavel Laria P.. Paraplejia secundaria a expansion vertebral metastasica. Caso clinico. Neurocirugia 1996; 7:33-36.
8.Clavel Escribano M., Lopez Ibor B. y Clavel Laria P. Evolucion benigna de un glioblastoma multiforme hipotalamico. Caso clinico. Neurocirugia 1996; 7:49-54.
9.Clavel Escribano M. y Clavel Laria P.. El abordaje posterolateral extracavitario a la columna dorsal. Neurocirugia 1996; 7:119-125.
10.Clavel Escribano M. y Clavel Laria P. Metastasis cerebrales de melanoma. Neurocirugia 1996; 7:275-280
11.Clavel M., Clavel P. Creutzfeld-Jacob disease transmitted by dura mater graft. European Neurology, 1996,36:4,239-240.
12.Clavel M. and  Clavel P. Occipital neuralgia secondary to exuberant callus formation. Case report. J. Neurosurgery 85: 1170-1171, 1996.
13.Bartumeus F., Clavel P. Tratamiento quirurgico de las metastasis cerebrales. Revista de Neurologia 2000; 31 (6):1-3.
14.Clavel M., Robles Balibrea A., Clavel P., Robles Cano V. Quiste oseo aneurismatico del hueso frontal. Caso clinico. Neurocirugia 2001: 12: 166-169.
15.Clavel M. Robles Balibrea A., Clavel P. Fusion intersomatica lumbar posterior. Neurocirugia 2001: 12: 447-455.
16.Castano C. Ruscalleda J., Clavel P., Early experience studying cerebrfal aneurysms with rotational and three-dimensional angiographyand review of CT and MR angiography literature. Interventional Neuroradiology 8: 377-391, 2002.
17.R. Rodriguez, J. Molet , P. Clavel., Monitorizacion neurofisiologica intraoperatoria del tronco del encefalo en un caso de cavernoma en protuberancia. Neurocirugia 16:117-123, 2005.
18.Rodriguez R, Molet J, de Teresa S, Tresserras P, Clavel P, Cano P, Solivera J, Munoz F, Bartumeus F. Monitorizacion neurofisiologica intraoperatoria del tronco del encefalo en un caso de cavernoma en protuberancia. [Intraoperatory neurophysiological monitoring of the brain-stem in a pontine cavernoma]. Neurocirugia, Vol 16, 117-123, 2005.   
19.Estudio retrospectivo de 100 MAVs . Munoz F., Clavel P. et al.  Neurocirugia 2007
Chapters in Books.
Management of subarachnoid hemorrage. Clavel P. Emergency protocols from Hospital of Sant Pau. 2004
Consulting neurosurgeon on cns tumors of the pediatric age. Protocols. Catalan agency for the Catalan health public system.
Clavel P., Munoz F., Molet J., Neurocirugia y Neuroradiologia intervencionista en Neuroradiologia intervencionista 2006.
Molet J, De Teresa S, Solivera J, Castano C, Sanroman L, Tresserras P, Clavel P, Cano P, Rodriguez R, Bartumeus F. Estado actual del tratamiento quirurgico de los aneurismas intracraneales. [Current surgical management of Intracranial aneurysms]. In: El Paciente Neurocritico [The neurocritical patient]. Directors: Net Caste] A, Marruecos-Sant L, Ars Medica. Barcelona 2006.
   
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (S.E.N.E.C.), 2000
European and spanish skull base society, 2000
AOSpine member, 2005
International Advisory Board Trans1, 2008